Grant Gerlock
ReporterGrant Gerlock started covering Des Moines and central Iowa for IPR in March 2019. Before that he covered food, agriculture and rural life for Harvest Public Media at NET in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his work was recognized with a Regional Murrow Award and awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Grant has a master’s degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm outside of Cumberland in southwest Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor. You can contact Grant at ggerlock@iowapublicradio.org.
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A mask mandate is back in place on the Meskwaki settlement in Tama County. The Meskwaki Nation brought the requirement back as a precaution against the fast-spreading delta variant of COVID-19. -
Iowa could claim up to $170 million from a lawsuit settlement with four companies accused of contributing to the nation’s opioid addiction and overdose crisis.
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The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in favor of former Gov. Terry Branstad in a lawsuit where he was found to have discriminated against a workers’ compensation commissioner because of his sexual orientation.
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Several protesters were thrown out of a Des Moines City Council meeting and one person was arrested as council members passed a resolution praising efforts to reduce racial bias in policing and other city services.
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Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley emphasized the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to diplomacy with China, and cultural conflict with Democrats at an event with Iowa Republicans that could preview a run for the GOP nomination in 2024.
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A lawsuit aimed at creating mandatory water quality regulations to reduce farm pollution in the Raccoon River will not proceed after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the case asked the courts to infringe on the powers of the legislature.
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In the wake of George Floyd’s death, Des Moines passed an ordinance against biased policing but racial justice activists say that a year later, the job of carrying it out is incomplete.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law expanding the options to create state-funded charter schools in Iowa.
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Many Iowa school districts are keeping mask requirements in place even after state health officials recommended late last week that face coverings should be optional and that COVID-19 ought to be treated like other childhood illnesses.
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A bill expanding Iowa’s public-funded charter school system passed in the Iowa Senate, sending the bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds. The proposal was one of her school choice priorities for the legislative session.
